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OF THE

Interior Department

IN

PUBLIC LAND CASES,

AND

LAND LAWS

PASSED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES;

TOGETHER WITH THE

REGULATIONS OF THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE.

BY

W. W. LESTER,

OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON D. C.,
(ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.)

PHILADELPHIA:

H. P. & R. H. SMALL,

LAW BOOKSELLERS AND PUBLISHERS,

NO. 21 SOUTH SIXTH STREET.

1860.

KE

5601

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860,

BY H. P. & R. H. SMALL,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

PILE & M'ELROY, pr's,

LODGE STREET.

5756

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SIR:

TO THE

Honorable Jacob Thompson,

As this volume derives much of its value from your official expositions of the Land Laws, during your able administration of the Department of the Interior, I beg leave to inscribe it to you.

This dedication is made specially appropriate, from the fact that the public will find in this book abundant evidence of the purity of your character, of your legal ability, and untiring labor; while it will ever remain an incontrovertible record, that sound principles of law and strict maxims of justice have invariably guided your judgment and controlled your action, as the arbiter of private rights, and the custodian of public interests.

It is peculiarly gratifying to me, in expressing my acknowledgments for the high sanction of your authority accorded this publication, to record the profound respect and esteem which I, in common with all who are connected with your Department, entertain for your great public labors, and for your official courtesy and kindness. With unfeigned gratitude and regard, I have the honor to be,

Your obedient servant,

W. W. LESTER.

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